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Access to DOTS Reduces Household Poverty

This fact sheet explains that DOTS can reduce household poverty by averting (1) the loss of income, (2) the cost of inadequate treatment, (3) the socio-economic costs of coping by families, (4) malnutrition, and (5) death.

Audiences:
General Public
Author:
Stop TB Partnership
Focus Area:
TB
Subjects:
Program Management
Treatment- Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)
Behavioral/Social Science
Publication Date:
2002
Format:
Fact Sheet
Last Updated Date:
Publication ID:
32302